Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Consumer confidence falls in U.S. swing states ahead of presidential election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consumer confidence dropped sharply in October in three U.S. states considered crucial for Republican President Donald Trump's re-election as fears about the economy's outlook m...
Oct 27, 2020
Court battles shape presidential election, as Republicans score Wisconsin victory at U.S. Supreme Court
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With both sides in the U.S. presidential election dueling in court ahead of the Nov. 3 vote, Republicans scored a significant victory on Monday when the U.S. Suprem...
Oct 27, 2020
Republican former U.S. Attorneys endorse Biden, call Trump threat to rule of law
By Tim Reid LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Twenty former Republican U.S. Attorneys on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump of threatening the rule of law as they declared their support for Democratic White...
Oct 27, 2020
White House says COVID-19 aid deal seen ‘in coming weeks’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday a potential deal on COVID-19 relief could come in "weeks," casting doubt on whether an accord could be struck with Congress before the Nov. 3 ele...
Oct 27, 2020
Explainer: Can Trump call in troops to quell Election Day unrest?
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he decides the Nov. 3 presidential election results are fraudulent and has proposed mobil...
Oct 27, 2020
Fame or blame? What lies ahead for ‘the Squad’, as they eye second terms in U.S. Congress
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - They came to Washington to shake things up and in their first two years in the U.S. House of Representatives the four lawmakers popularly known as 'the Squad' a...
Oct 27, 2020
Pandemic transforms some Americans into voting rights activists in raft of lawsuits
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - Fear of the novel coronavirus has cast some Americans into an unfamiliar role: litigants in an unprecedented wave of court battles over voting procedures. For Regina Root, 53, ...
Oct 27, 2020
Fake news spread on WhatsApp to Indian Americans plays stealth role in U.S. election
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - New Jersey tech entrepreneur Arun Bantval is U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden's top fake-news watchdog on messaging service WhatsApp about the Democrat ...
Oct 27, 2020
‘Baptism by fire’ for newly appointed Supreme Court Justice Barrett
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Newly confirmed conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett faces a barrage of politically fraught cases in her first days on the job, as the co...
Oct 27, 2020
Analysis: Wolves and weed – U.S. voters choose future of public lands
By Carey L. Biron WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Ricardo Cortes' oldest son started kindergarten at their neighbourhood school in Oakland, California, he was disheartened by the barren...
Oct 27, 2020
